Because the enrollment methods of ordinary colleges and universities include: the entrance examination for doctoral and master students organized by ordinary colleges and universities, the national unified entrance examination for ordinary colleges and universities organized by the Ministry of Education and provincial education administrative departments, the spring entrance examination for ordinary colleges and universities in some provinces and cities, the separate entrance examination for counterparts, and the entrance examination for ordinary colleges and universities. You can go to an adult university without going to high school.

Educational institutions that implement general higher education include universities and colleges, vocational and technical colleges/vocational colleges, junior colleges, independent colleges, etc. Universities, independent colleges and junior colleges mainly implement undergraduate education; Vocational and technical colleges/vocational colleges and junior colleges mainly implement specialized education.

The curriculum of self-study exam for extended materials is divided into:

1, public basic course: all candidates with major or similar major must attend this course. For example, an introduction to the basic principles of Marxism, an outline of China's modern history, English II, political economy, etc. Although the public course is not necessarily directly related to the major studied, it is an essential course to cultivate talents with all-round development in morality, intelligence and physique and to provide methodology for further study of other contents.

2. Professional basic courses: courses of basic theories, basic knowledge and basic skills that candidates of this major should learn. The basic course is to lay a foundation for candidates to master professional knowledge, learn professional technology and develop our related abilities. For example, "Principles of Management" for business administration (undergraduate) majors and "Fundamentals and Applications of E-commerce" for e-commerce majors belong to basic courses.

3. Specialized courses: basic courses directly related to professional knowledge and skills (referred to as specialized courses).

4. Elective courses: Limited choice of subjects you need to study. The choice of elective subjects is limited, and you can only choose within the scope of courses specified in the professional examination plan. Simply put, it is to give us some elective subjects and let us choose our own study. Candidates choose the subjects they want to take according to their abilities and interests.

5. Practical links.

The credit ratio of public basic courses, professional basic courses and professional courses is roughly 3: 4: 3 or 2: 5: 3.

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